Plumbing & Wiring in a Microsoft World : Operations Manager

System Center Partner Airlift for Aussie Partners

infoz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:09:47 GMT

Register here for heavily subsidised, level 300 training for Australian partners, covering System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. Melbourne and Sydney only at this stage.

As three of the four pillars of the Server Management Suite - Enterprise, it's essential that partners get up to speed on the new launch of System Center products - there will be some fantastic opportunities for partners to deliver comprehensive data centre management solutions to customers, especially where virtualisation is involved.... [RH]

Ever fancied authoring your own Management Packs?

infoz — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:32:00 GMT

***Updated to correct typo on the hyperlink - thanks to Blake Handler for the heads-up***

With the recent launch of Operations Manager 2007 and Systems Center Essentials 2007, we've been getting a lot of queries about extending the native capabilities of the standard Management Packs. It all looks a bit daunting to start with, but there's some excellent guidance on Steve Wilson's AuthorMPs site that'll help to get you started with the key concepts through a selection of tutorials and sample MPs. So, pull back the boards and have a play with the plumbing and wiring! [RH]

Remote Operations Manager - partner guides

infoz — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:48:00 GMT

Some great resources and useful information, recently posted by the product group and specifically targeted at partners looking to deliver a managed service to customers using a combination of System Center Essentials and Operations Manager. With pricing, datasheets, FAQs and presentations, there's everything you need to understand the opportunity and get up to speed with Remote Operations Manager before General Availability - anticpated to be October 2007. [RH]

Remote Operations Manager - guidance notes

infoz — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:00:01 GMT

Just a quick link pointing off to Dustin J's blog for the latest in guidance for Remote Operations Manager - ROM. ROM provides the ability for service providers to remotely monitor and manage clients' systems as part of a managed services offering (combining System Center Essentials 2007 and Operations Manager 2007). Plenty of useful info here on deployment and support, so well worth tucking in your favourites as ROM is now RTM and looking at general availability in the not too distant future.... (RH)

Windows Server Longhorn & Virtualisation - Video

infoz — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:28:00 GMT

This 5 minute video provides a sneak preview of Windows Server Virtualisation - a hypervisor-based virtualisation platform being developed as an integrated part of Windows Server Longhorn and due for release within 180 days of Longhorn RTM.

The video shows you how Windows Server Virtualisation and System Center (Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager) will be able to help you optimise your infrastructure and manage your physical and virtual resources more effectively. (RH)